Improvement in copy-holders



B. F. NUTTlNG.

Copy-Holders.

Patented Sept. 22,1874.

IN VENTOL.

Attbrneya UNITED STATES PATENT Orrron BENJAMIN I. NUTTING, OF WATERTOWN,MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN COPY-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 155,202, datedSeptember 22, 1374 application filed July 23, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. N UTTING, of the city of Watertown andState of Massach usetts, have invented certain Improvements inAdjustable and Portable Copy-Holders, of which the following is aspecification:

The nature and objects of the invention relate to a portable andadjustable copy-holder; and it consists in the construction,arrangement, and susceptibility of adaptation, which will be hereinafterdescribed.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,Figure l is a longitudinal sectional view illustrating my invention, andFig. 2 a plan view of the same.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the clamprplate, which isadapted to be attached to a table or other article of furniture, let theposition of the same be vertical, horizontal, or otherwise. It is madefast and secured by means of set-screw a, which carries on its inner enda bearing-plate, a. The body of this plate is made and formed so as tocorrespond with a disk, B, on the standard B, and it acts in connectiontherewith, being susceptible of being turned to any angle desired, andsecured there by means of set-screw b. On the opposite end of thisstandard B is another disk, O, arranged at right angles with the body ofthe clamp-plate A, and operating against this disk is another, 0, whichis attached to the standard D. D is a standard,

being provided at one end with the disk 0,

rigidly attached thereto, and at the other with the paper-clip E. Thisclip is of the ordinary form and construction, except as to the means,0, for clamping the same to the standard D, which, being capable ofbeing turned on the standard as desired, is considered novel.

These clamping-arms e are constructed and adapted to clasp the standardD, and allow the clip E to be revolved around the same at will, and alsoto be adjusted vertically, as is obviousa The disks G and B O and bodyof clampplate A, being'arranged at right angles to each other, allow ofa multitudinous variety of directions in which the copy or paper may beheld, and the spring paperclip, being susceptible of being turned asdesired on the standard D, multiplies the same still further. Theoperator, by this arrangement, may readily adjust his manuscript orpaper, with reference to light, 850., to suit himself.

I claim- 1. The spring-clip E, provided with clamping-arms e, incombination with the standard D, as shown and specified.

2. The clamp-plate A, adjustable disk B, and standard B, in combinationwith the disks 0 C, and set-screw and standard D, substantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

BENJ. F. NUTTING.

Witnesses JOHN W. TITUs, VVM. MOGONAGLE.

